My Flying

Day started off wet, rainy and cold, but I needed to be at the airfield for a committee meeting at 9:00 am. By the time the meeting had ended the sun was out and there was a very slight south-easterly blowing so it was Go for flying.

At 12:30pm we started winch launching from 08L with instructor F(5). I had four very short flights, 6, 3, 2 and 3 minutes. As there was a very slight wind and a new winch driver I got an average of 750 feet on the launches; not much you can do with that! My launches and landings got progressively better and the last two landings I almost completed 100% by myself. What I found made it a lot easier was the absent of any rough air and the minimal effect a light cross wind.

My ground handing was much better on the landings, but still a little yechy on take offs. I was also not holding off long enough on landings, which caused some bounces. A busy day with one other student and some paxes; with four winch launches and 14 minutes flying for a total of 165,20ZAR.